Janice Howard (Greenhalgh)

Kelston School for Deaf sends its netball and rugby teams to Russell.

The Auckland Deaf Netball Club runs a social event to celebrate its first anniversary in 1976.

The grit! The determination! The hours of practice! Finally it’s game day for the first Deaf Netball New Zealand versus Australia in Manawatu. Watch highlights of the gameplay followed by expert post-match analysis and limbo shenanigans at MDS. Good times.

Footage and interviews from the opening night of the newly redeveloped Auckland Deaf Society clubrooms late August 2007.

The Auckland Deaf Society Netball team celebrates their 25th Jubilee in April, 2000.

A packed YMCA hall with supporters watching the Auckland vs Christchurch men’s basketball game.

Weekend celebrations are kickstarted with a Māori Deaf kapa haka group to perform a haka powhiri. Vintage teachers such as Les Bury briefly summarise their experiences of working in Deaf education over the years.

Footage and interviews from the final Friday night at Deaf Club at Auckland Deaf Society before its long-awaited re-development in 2006.

The first graduates of the Diploma in NZSL Interpreting course will start working in the community, enabling Deaf people to achieve their rights to access a range of settings and services.